sebi:EAD/KS/VB/AO/146/2018-19
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Facts / Headnote
Adjudication proceedings initiated against the Noticee vide SCN dated July 26, 2017 disposed of without imposition of any monetary penalty.
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
- s. 12A
Regulations
- Reg. 2(c)
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 4(2)
- Reg. 3(a)
- Reg. 4(2)(g)
Parties
- AKG Securities and Consultancy Private Limited
Holding
The Adjudicating Officer disposed of the adjudication proceedings against AKG Securities and Consultancy Private Limited without imposing any monetary penalty, finding that the 103 self-trades executed (0.17% of total BSE volume in SCTL) did not suggest manipulative intent to create artificial volume.
Full text
Page 2 of 23 SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as "PFUTP Regulations").
Page 3 of 23 (No. of Shares) (BUY) (No. of Shares) (BUY) (No. of Shares) (No. of Shares) self-trades done BSE AKG Securities and Consultancy Private Limited Adroit Financial Services Pvt Ltd 4,63,05,559 32,27,147 32,27,147 79,986 103 3
Page 4 of 23 5. Our Client submits that admittedly only those self trades, which are meant to give a false/misleading appearance of trading in the Scrip at the Stock Exchange are illegal and not otherwise. In this context, your goodself's attention is drawn to Regulation 4(2)(g), which as per the Notice is the main charging Section and which primarily needs to be violated out of the various other regulations alleged to have been violated by Our Client, in order to hold Our Client guilty for violation of all the other Regulations as alleged in the Notice. The said Regulation 4(2)(g) reads as under:
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